Early Help Coordinator

Job description / Role

Job overview

The Greenshaw Learning Trust is ‘Always Learning’. We’re looking for a dedicated Early Help Coordinator to join our friendly, supportive team at Yate Academy, part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, from January 2026.

About the role

To coordinate and lead small group workshops for identified students designed to build confidence and resilience so that students are able to manage and resolve their engagement with school. This person will work with some of our most vulnerable students and will support them to engage with the full life and expectations of the school.

Main duties & responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead ‘Early Help’ workshops and intervention sessions to selected students on the following:
  
  • Social skills programme
  • Anti-bullying
  • Female/male hygiene
  • Resilience
  • Attendance/EBSA
• Prepare the appropriate paperwork for these groups and ensure all relevant information and communications are disseminated to appropriate staff.
• Have sufficient understanding of early help and intervention strategies to support the development, learning, and progress of students.
• Contribute to maintaining, analysing, and interpreting relevant student data using CPOMS and Bromcom to inform your practice.
• Contribute to and prepare paperwork for reviews as appropriate and reflect on the impact of the programmes.
• Use appropriate systems for recording the progress of students’ behaviour plans with My Concern and SIMS.
• Provide data and information to inform Annual and Transition Review paperwork, Early Help Contracts, Student Profile documentation, and Academic Reporting.
• Liaise with parents/carers as appropriate and professionals (e.g., Educational Psychologist) as required.
• Negotiate with parents and contact relevant outside agencies as appropriate to best support vulnerable students.
• Support the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) with the monitoring and tracking of all vulnerable students, including child protection (CP) students.
• Support the DSL to maintain the TAC/CP database, chronologies, and student files.
• Liaise with the hospital education service.
• Undertake other specific duties if required as part of individual job requirements.

About Yate Academy

At Yate Academy, we have built our ethos on a strong set of core values which underpin everything that we do. Our aim is to give students at Yate Academy a better chance of success than if they attended any other school in the country. Leadership, resilience, and citizenship run through all aspects of school life.

About Greenshaw Learning Trust

Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi-academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive, and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol, and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice, and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.

We can offer you

• Professional development and career progression
• Generous pension scheme
• Blue Light Card
• Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Gym discounts
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Being part of a great team and expanding organisation

Closing date for receipt of applications is 10th October 2025. The role is due to commence from January 2026. This is a full-time, permanent position. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.

Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.